Andrew Coyne: Canada’s ‘New Government’ has no interest in arresting our economic decline

April 28, 2026

Andrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: If you have been wondering what meaning to attach to that irritating phrase the Carney Liberals use to describe themselves, “Canada’s New Government” – which was irritating enough when it was first employed, under Stephen Harper, when it was actually a new government – wonder no longer. As this Spring Economic Update makes abundantly clear, it means nothing whatever. Or next to nothing…